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1997 Louise Woodward's trial begins in Massachusetts, Nanny murder trial

1997 Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts senator, dies at 55

1996 Matthew Eappen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward

1992 Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)

1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"

1988 Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop

1982 Lil' Dave, [Davis Shelton], born in Boston, Massachusetts, rapper, Another Bad Creation

1981 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)

1980 Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey

1979 Jessica Gregory, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1997

1978 Maria Menounos, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1996

1977 Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1995 NE, Jr. champ

1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground

1975 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)

1975 Paul Frey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, dance skater, & Ponte-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ

1975 Shannon Kavanaugh, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, Ivory Soul

1974 Nelson Vargas, born in Holoyoke, Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold

1974 Josh[ua] Crosby, born in Manchester, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics

1974 Jim Carey, Dorchester, Massachusetts, NHL goalie for the Washington Capitals

1974 Marcia Turner, Cambridge Massachusetts, Miss America, Mass-Top 10-1996

1974 Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 Rebecca Lobo, Massachusetts, WNBA center, 1996 Olympics gold/, New York Liberty

1973 Whitney Post, born in Wayland, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics

1973 Tracy Noonan, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics

1973 Jim Campbell, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics

1973 Jenny Thompson, Danvers Massachusetts, 400m freestyle, Olympics gold 92, 96

1972 Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE

1972 Danny Ponce, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, actor, Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family

1972 John Lilley, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics

1972 Lori Flick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts 1997

1972 Jonathan Edwards, born in Boston, Massachusetts, doubles luger 1994 Olympics

1972 Keith Tkachuk, born in Melrose, Massachusetts, NHL left wing, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA

1972 Sara Simmons, Belmont Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics

1971 Erin Warren, Winchester Massachusetts, luger 1994 Olympics

1971 John Francis Zingg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys

1971 Edward "Ted" Murphy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower, Olympics-5th-1996

1971 Jair Lynch, Amherst Massachusetts, gymnast, 1996 Olympics silver

1971 Ted Drury, born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics

1971 Scott Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, 1996 World Mens' Champion

1971 Todd Eldredge, Chatham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1997 National Sr champ

1971 Scott Grimes, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actor, Together We Stand

1971 Marky Mark Wahlberg, born in Massachusetts, rap singer, New Kids, /actor

1971 Peter Schwab, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics

1971 Tyler Hamilton, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1971 Jeff Juden, Salem, Massachusetts, baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants

1970 Bill Guerin, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, NHL right wing, New Jersey Devils, Oilers

1970 James Pedro, Danvers Massachusetts, lightweight judoka, Olympics-bronze-92, 96

1970 Tony Amonte, Hingham, Massachusetts, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks, USA

1970 David Sacco, born in Malden, Massachusetts, NHL left wing, Oly-94, Anaheim Mighty Ducks

1970 Jordan Nathaniel M Knight, Massachusetts, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough

1970 Ted Crowley, Concord Massachusetts, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics

1970 Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction

1970 Joe Vitiello, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, infielder for the Kansas City Royals

1970 Jason B. Gailes, born in Taunton Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics silver

1970 Jacquelyn Doucette, Miss Massachusetts USA, 1996

1970 Mark Wohlers, Holyoke, Massachusetts, pitcher, Atlanta Braves

1970 Jeremy Roenick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, NHL center, Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes

1969 Dahlia Salem, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sofia Carlino-Another World

1969 Joseph P Kennedy, John F. Kennedy/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Massachusetts, at 81

1969 Peter Breen, Brockton Massachusetts, dance skater

1969 Mark Sweeney, Framington Massachusetts, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1969 Nancy Ann Kerrigan, Woburn Massachusetts, figure skater, Olympics-silver-1994

1969 Scott DeFreitas, Newton Massachusetts, actor, Andy Dixon-As the World Turns

1969 Matthew Perry, Williamstown Massachusetts, actor, Sydney, Chandler-Friends

1969 Becky Delos Santos, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, April, 1994

1969 Garth Snow, born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey goalie, Olympics-1994, Flyers

1969 Kristina Farrar Stookey, born in Martha Vineyard, Massachusetts, 470 yachter, Oly-4th-96

1969 Frank McCormack, Leicester Massachusetts, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1969 Tim Wiley, Lexington Massachusetts, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics

1969 Paige Turco, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Melanie-Guiding Light

1969 Shawn McEachern, Waltham, Massachusetts, NHL forward, Boston Bruins, Senators

1969 Bobby Brown, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, vocalist, Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel

1968 Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Massachusetts, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough

1968 Ken Johnson, Quincy Massachusetts, 3x40 rifle 1996 Olympics

1968 Mike Trombley, Springfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

1968 Scott Wolf, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Broken Arrow, Party of 5

1968 Jeff Bagwell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, infielder for the Houston Astros

1968 Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club

1968 Jeff Lazaro, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics

1968 Connie Britton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nikki-Spin City

1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens

1967 Gary Disarcina, Maiden, Massachusetts, infielder for the California Angels

1967 Mark Johnson, Worcester, Massachusetts, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates

1967 Scott Young, born in Clinton, Massachusetts, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche

1967 Matt Howard, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder, New York Yankees

1967 Ricky Bell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist, New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe

1967 Matt Leblanc, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Joey-Friends

1967 Turk Wendell, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1967 Pam[ela] Bustin, born in Somerset, Massachusetts, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics

1967 Eric Flaim, Pembroke Massachusetts, short track skater 1994 Olympics

1966 Stephanie D Wilson, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut

1966 Tom Glavine, born in Concord, Massachusetts, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991

1966 Ellen Minzner, born in Lawrence Massachusetts, rower in 1996 Olympics

1966 Wendy Fletcher, born in Boston, Massachusetts, WPVA volleyballer, National-5th-1993

1966 Marissa Laakso, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Miss Mass-America 1991

1966 John [Vo] Velyvis, North Adams Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics

1965 Michelle Dobek, Holyoke, Massachusetts, golfer, 1995 GHP Heartland Classic-45th

1965 Ken Hill, Lynn, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Texas Rangers

1965 Paul Sorrento, Somerville, Massachusetts, infielder for the Seattle Mariners

1965 Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks

1965 Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun

1965 Caitlin Bilodeaux, born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. fencer 1992 Olympics

1964 Peter Laviolette, Norwood Massachusetts, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics

1964 Marcia Pankratz, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, field hockey forward, Oly-88, 96

1964 Kristian Alfonso, born in Brockton, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Lives, Falcon Crest

1964 Pete McCutcheon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Quebec Open

1964 Trent Bushey, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, actor, David Rampal-All My Children

1964 Rolling Stones 1st U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts

1964 William Thomas Andrade, Fall River, Massachusetts, PGA golfer, 1991 Kemper Open

1963 Justine Greiner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, February, 1984

1963 Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words

1963 Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 84

1963 Conan Chris O'Brien, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, TV host, Late Night

1963 Meg Mallon, born in Natick, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1991 U.S. Women's Open

1963 Jasmine Guy, born in Boston Massachusetts, actress, Whitley-Different World

1963 Barb[ara] Marois, Auburn Massachusetts, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics

1963 John Dye, Amory Massachusetts, actor, Andrew-Touched by an Angel

1963 Michelle Bell, Melrose, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 Mass School Girls Champ

1962 Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts

1961 Greg Gagne, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1961 Jim Corsi, Newtonville, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Oakland A's

1960 Tommy Masters, Framingham, Massachusetts, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Carolina-50th

1960 Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics

1960 Terry Nihen, born in Concord, Massachusetts, playmate, December, 1983

1960 Tim Mayotte, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver

1960 Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton, Massachusetts, Major USMC/astronaut

1960 Paul William Azinger, Holyoke, Massachusetts, PGA golfer, 1987 Phoenix Open

1959 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Massachusetts

1959 Kate Collins, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Natalie Hunter-All My Children

1958 Susan Scannell, Lexington Massachusetts, actress, Nicole-Dynasty

1958 Karen Lende O'Connor, Concord, Massachusetts, equestrian 3-day, Oly-silver-96

1957 Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 78, sk: 90

1957 Jim Craig, North Easton Massachusetts, hockey goalie, oly-gold-1980

1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nora-One Life to Live

1957 Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Massachusetts, actress, Beetlejuice, Fly

1956 Mark Daniel Gearan, born in Gardner, Massachusetts, campaign manager, Al Gore

1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Massachusetts

1955 Bill Buttner, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Nike golfer, 1989 Centel Classic-4th

1955 Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist

1955 Nina Blackwood, Massachusetts, actress/VJ, MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad

1955 Richard "Butch" Johnson, Worcester Massachusetts, archer, Olymp-gold-1992, 96

1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)

1955 Charles J Precourt, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91

1955 Mark Herndon, Springfield, Massachusetts, country drummer, Alabama-Take Me Down

1955 Penn Jillette, born in Massachusetts, magician, Penn and Teller-Penn and Teller are Dead

1954 Mike Eruzione, Winthrop Massachusetts, jockey player, Olympics gold 1980

1954 Angelo Kimball, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Face To Face

1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts

1953 David Morse, Beverly Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves

1953 Kent Bostick, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, pursuit cyclist, Olympics-84, 96

1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts

1953 Eric Bogosian, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, actor, Talk Radio

1952 Eddie Mekka, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, actor, Carmine-Laverne and Shirley

1952 Brad Whitford, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun

1951 Barry Doudreau, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Boston

1951 Anne Twomey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker

1951 Pat Bradley, born in Westford, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 U.S. Women's Open

1951 Kurt Russell, born in Springfeild, Massachusetts, actor, Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons

1950 Louise Duart, Quincy, Massachusetts, comedienne, Paramount Comedy Theater # 5

1950 Joe Perry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Walk this Way

1950 Erik Braunn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly

1950 Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No

1950 Ann Jillian, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress, Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here

1949 Sib Hashian, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock drummer, Boston

1949 Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS 73

1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Massachusetts, astronaut, STS 37, 47, 59, 79

1949 Fran Sheehan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock bassist, Boston-More than a Feeling

1948 1st U.S. house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Massachusetts)

1948 Barry Gordon, Brookline Massachusetts, actor, Gary-Archie Bunker's Place

1948 Stephen Schnetzer, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Cass Winthrop-Another World

1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, born in Massachusetts, bank robber, FBI most wanted

1948 James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, vocalist and guitarist, Up on the Roof

1947 Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law

1947 Jane Curtin, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actress, SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate and Allie

1947 Tom Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, blind actor, If You Could See What I Hear

1947 Donna Loren, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer and actress, Beach Blanket Bingo

1946 Bill Danoff, Springfield Massachusetts, vocalist, Starland Vocal Band

1945 Tony Conigliaro, Massachusetts, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1944 Carol Cole, West Medford Massachusetts, actress, Ellie-Grady

1944 Warren Entner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist and guitarist, Grass Roots

1943 Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Kelly-Bachelor Father

1943 Ronald Hunter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Lazarus Syndrome

1942 Massachusetts issues 1st U.S. vehicular license plate tabs

1942 Norman Greenbaum, Massachusetts, folk singer, Spirit in the Sky

1942 Donna Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Man Without a Star

1942 Madeline Kahn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety

1942 Stephen Jo Bladd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, J Geils Band-Centerfold

1942 Paul Michael Glaser, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, actor, Starsky-Starsky and Hutch

1941 Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance

1941 Beth Howland, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Vera-Alice, Company

1941 John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Massachusetts, singer and actor, Falcon Crest

1940 Freddy Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn, Massachusetts, rocker, Palisades Park

1940 Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate

1940 Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1940 Brian T O'Leary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, astronaut

1939 Verna Bloom, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, actress, After Hours, Badge 373

1939 Massachusetts Legislature vote to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late

1939 John Schuck, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo

1938 Salvatore Michael Caruana, Massachusetts, criminal, FBI Most Wanted List

1938 David Freiberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock bassist, Quicksilver Messenger

1938 Ronny Cox, Cloudcroft Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere

1938 Frederic Rzewski, born in Westfield, Massachusetts, composer, Spacecraft

1936 Barry Newman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli

1936 Mark Goddard, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Don West-Lost in Space

1936 Gloria Lambert, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, singer, Sing Along With Mitch

1936 Gary Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Burke's Law, Land of the Giants

1935 Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer

1935 Jerry Douglas, Chelsea Massachusetts, actor, John Abbott-Young and Restless

1935 Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC

1935 Tenley Albright, born in Boston, Massachusetts, figure skater, Olympics gold 1952, 56

1934 Peter Haskell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Bracken's World, Rituals

1934 William Cleary, Cambridge Massachusetts, hockey center, Oly-gold/silv-56, 60

1934 Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company

1934 Tammy Grimes, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Can't Stop the Music

1934 Richard Wernick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer

1933 Robert Goulet, Lawrence Massachusetts, singer and actor, Camelot, Naked Gun 2

1933 Jack Burns, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Burns and Schreiber

1933 F Lee Bailey, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, attorney, Sam Shepard case, OJ case

1931 Barbara Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, Today, 20/20, ABC-TV

1931 Olympia Dukakis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Moonstruck, Cemetery Club

1931 Robert Morse, Newton Massachusetts, actor, That's Life, Jack Frost

1931 Rosalind Elias, born in Lowell Massachusetts, mezzo-soprano, Grimgerde-Die Walkuere

1931 Ed Hall, Roxbury Massachusetts, actor, Dr. Bicker-Medical Center

1930 Dorothy Loudon, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress and singer, Garry Moore Show

1930 Marcia Henderson, born in Andover, Massachusetts, actress, Kathleen-Aldrich Family

1930 Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show

1929 Lowell North, Springfield Massachusetts, yachtsman, Olympic-Gold-1968

1929 Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973

1929 Norma Connolly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Ruby Anderson-General Hospital

1929 Al Davis, born in Brocton, Massachusetts, NFL team owner, Los Angeles Raiders

1929 Richard Dysart, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, actor, Leland MacKenzie-LA Law

1928 Anne Sexton, Newton Massachusetts, poet, Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967

1928 Eugene Roche, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five

1928 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Massachusetts, CEO, Harley Davidson motorcycle

1927 Rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Massachusetts, king of Thailand, 1946-

1927 Estelle Parsons, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Rachel Rachel, Bonnie and Clyde

1927 Thomas J J Altizer, Massachusetts, U.S. Radical theologian, God is Dead

1927 Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian/double talker, Liar's Club

1927 Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61

1927 Ed Ames, born in Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Mingo-Daniel Boone

1927 Priscilla Morrill, born in Medford, Massachusetts, actress, Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore

1927 Jim Lowe, Springfield, Massachusetts, DJ, WNEW, "King of Trivia"

1927 Thayer David, born in Massachusetts, actor, Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages

1927 Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians

1926 Robert Creeley, Massachusetts, poet and novelist, Island

1925 Arnold Stang, Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat

1925 Jack Lemmon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Days of Wine and Roses, Missing

1924 Bill Dana, Quincy Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Jose Jimenez

1924 Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport

1924 George H. W. Bush, Massachusetts, 43 VP, 1981-89, 41st President, R, 1989-93

1924 Peggy Cass, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress/TV panelist, To Tell the Truth, Mame

1923 Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas

1923 Daniel Rogers Pinkham, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, Signs of Zodiac

1923 Bob Elliot, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray, Get a Life

1922 George S Irving, Springfield Massachusetts, singer and actor, Dumplings

1922 Bill Macy, Revere Massachusetts, actor, Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta

1922 Michael Ansara, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Cochise-Broken Arrow, Centennial

1922 William Manchester, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, historian, Death of a President

1922 Ray Goulding, born in Lowell Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray

1921 Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orch leader, NBC Follies

1921 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Massachusetts, of killing their shoe company's paymaster

1921 Nancy Kelly, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Double Exposure, Jesse James

1921 John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town

1920 Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Massachusetts, singer, Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire

1920 Helen Walker, Worcester, Massachusetts, actress, Brewster's Million

1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, composer, 9 Minute Opera

1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim

1920 Hayes Gordon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Sky Pirates, Dark Room

1919 Veda Ann Borg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Avalanche, Accomplice

1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story

1918 Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter

1918 Mike Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, newscaster, Biography, 60 Minutes

1918 Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion

1918 Don Pardo, Westfield Massachusetts, TV announcer, Jeopardy, SNL

1918 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59

1918 Steve Dunne, Northampton Massachusetts, actor, Professional Father

1917 Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer

1917 Cleveland Amory, Nahant Massachusetts, conservationist/TV reviewer, TV Guide

1917 John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Sen-D-Mass, 35th President, 1961-1963

1916 Ray Conniff, Attleboro, Massachusetts, chorus director, Ray Conniff Singers

1915 Ann Nagel, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Don Winslow of the Navy

1915 John Conte, Plamer Massachusetts, actor, Mantovani

1915 Curt Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Raw Deal

1914 Irving Fine, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, Toccata

1914 Barbara Mullen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners

1914 Wendell Corey, born in Dracut, Massachusetts, actor, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl

1914 Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place

1913 Murvyn Vye, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actor, Bob Cummings Show

1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop

1912 Eleanor Powell, Springfield Massachusetts, actress/tap dancer, Bdwy Melody

1912 Rita Johnson, Worcester Massachusetts, actress, Honolulu, All Mine to Give

1912 Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot

1912 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law

1912 Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orch leader, Jim Nabors Hour

1911 Ralph Kirkpatrick, Leominster, Massachusetts, harpsichordist, Domenico Scarlatti

1911 Alan Gifford, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Time Lock, Up Periscope

1911 Alan Hovhaness, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, composer, Lousadzak, Ukiyo

1909 Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orch

1909 Jeffrey Lynn, Auburn Massachusetts, actor, My Son Jeep, Roaring Twenties

1908 Philip Coolidge, Concord, Massachusetts, actor, I Want to Live, Tingler

1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts

1908 Bette Davis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, famous eyes, Of Human Bondage, Jezebel

1908 Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News

1907 Jack Albertson, born in Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Thin Man, Chico and the Man

1907 Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Massachusetts, actor, Good Morning World

1906 Agnes Moorehead, Clinton Massachusetts, actress, Endora-Bewitched

1906 Howard Petrie, Beverly, Massachusetts, actor, Border River, Bounty Hunter

1906 Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Massachusetts, singer, Jacques Fray Music Room

1906 Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants

1906 Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again

1905 Thelma Todd, [Alison Loyd], Lawrence, Massachusetts, actress, Dangerous Female

1904 Roland Winters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Mama, Smothers Brothers

1904 Wally Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush

1904 Jerry Colonna, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore

1904 Richard P Blackmur, Massachusetts, critic/poet, Good European

1904 Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz

1903 George Davis Snell, Bradford Massachusetts, geneticist, H-2 gene

1903 Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show

1901 Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Massachusetts, actor, Vern-My Little Margie

1901 7th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts

1901 Chester Bowles, born in Massachusetts, ambassador and writer, Conscience of a Liberal

1900 Sidney Marion, born in Massachusetts, entertainer

1900 Quincy Howe, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, CBS Weekend News

1900 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later

1899 Neil Hamilton, Lynn Massachusetts, actor, Commisioner Gordon-Batman

1899 Jack Haley, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue

1899 Royal Beal, Brookline, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Salesman

1899 Ralph Sanford, Springfield Massachusetts, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1899 Ian Keith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Rochefort-3 Musketeers

1899 Benny Rubin, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor/comedian, Benny Rubin Show

1896 Philip L Carret, Lynn Massachusetts, CEO, Pioneer Fund

1896 Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude

1896 William W. Wellman, Brookline Massachusetts, director, Star is Born

1895 Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Massachusetts, U.S. architect, UN, Lincoln Center

1895 Volleyball invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts

1894 Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops

1894 Mabel Normand, [Muriel Fortescue], born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedienne, Mickey

1894 e. e. cummings, Cambridge Massachusetts, poet, Tulips and Chimneys

1894 Johnnie Gough, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid

1894 Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, Real McCoys, At Gun Point

1894 Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show

1893 Phillip Tead, Somerville Massachusetts, actor, Lightnin', Fighting Blade

1893 Howard Smith, Attleboro Massachusetts, actor, Harvey Griffin-Hazel

1892 Cyril Ring, Massachusetts, actor, Body and Soul

1890 1st U.S. state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)

1889 Robert Benchley, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, humorist, My 10 Years in a Quandary

1889 Charles Bickford, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, John-The Virginian

1888 Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy

1886 1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts

1886 Josephine Hull, Newtonville, Massachusetts, Academy award actress, Harvey

1885 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)

1883 Edna May Oliver, [Nutter], Malden, Massachusetts, actress, Little Women

1883 Julian Eltinge, Massachusetts, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator

1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Massachusetts, rocket pioneer

1882 Thurston Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Roaming Lady, In Society

1881 Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra

1881 William Foster, Massachusetts, Communist President candidate, 1924,28,32

1879 Lewis Stone, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Prisoner of Zenda

1877 "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts)

1877 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Massachusetts

1876 U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts

1876 William Farnum, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone

1876 Carl Ruggles, born in Marion, Massachusetts, composer, Evocations

1873 Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Massachusetts, composer, Chanticker

1873 Julian Lowell Coolidge, Massachusetts, mathematician, Study-Segre school

1872 Henry Warren, born in Boston, Massachusetts, inventor, Telechon electric clock

1872 -8 degrees F in Boston, Massachusetts

1871 Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Massachusetts, composer

1867 Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Massachusetts, CEO, Alcoa-1910-57

1861 MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island

1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts

1858 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, 1882-92

1858 Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts)

1856 Louis D. Brandeis, Massachusetts, 68th Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39

1856 Edward Herbert Thompson, Massachusetts, archaeologist, Mayan civilization

1856 Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture

1856 Sen Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery

1854 George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Massachusetts, composer, Judi Van Winke

1854 1st park land purchased by a U.S. city, Worcester, Massachusetts

1853 George Godfrey, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxer, Old Chocolate

1853 Arthur W. Foote, born in Salem, Massachusetts, organist and composer, Suite for Strings in E

1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school

1849 Luther Burbank, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, horticulturist

1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice, 1902-32

1839 1st state normal school in U.S. opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students

1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts

1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store

1834 Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win

1832 Robert the Hermit, U.S. ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies

1830 Emily Dickinson, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, poet, Collected Poems

1829 Charles Dudley Warner, Massachusetts, newspaperman/author, Being a Boy

1823 George Thorndike Angell, Massachusetts, lawyer, ASPCA

1822 Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city

1821 Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Massachusetts, nurse/founder, American Red Cross

1820 Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Massachusetts, woman's suffragette

1819 Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine

1817 Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore

1817 Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, naturalist/pacifist, Walden Pond

1816 Frost in Waltham, Massachusetts

1813 1st U.S. raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts

1812 Massachusetts Governor Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"

1810 Charles Lenox Remond, born in Salem Massachusetts, famous black

1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides

1805 Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Massachusetts, numismatist

1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Massachusetts, author, House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter

1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law

1799 1st U.S. law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts

1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist

1794 Edward Everett, Dorchester Massachusetts, Gov-Mass, statesman/orator

1792 Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)

1792 Lowell Mason, Medfield Massachusetts, organist/composer, Zebulo

1791 John Stone, Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver

1788 Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution

1787 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails

1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45

1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion

1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts

1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom

1767 John Quincy Adams, Braintree, Quincy, Massachusetts, 6th President, D, 1825-1829

1763 Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House

1759 Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist

1746 William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon

1744 Abigail Adams, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 2nd first lady, 1797-1801

1738 John Singleton Copley, Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist

1735 John Adams, Braintree, Quincy, Massachusetts, 2nd president USA, 1797-1801

1704 French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100

1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100

1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"

1692 Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials

1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts)

1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth

1691 Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter

1690 John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85

1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted

1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter

1679 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony

1677 Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000

1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom

1674 Robert Herrick, Massachusetts, British poet, Together

1672 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts

1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"

1647 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law

1647 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony

1646 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts)

1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies

1643 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)

1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England

1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement

1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts

1639 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts

1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill

1639 Dorchester Massachusetts, forms 1st school funded by local taxes

1638 Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts

1636 In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st law drafted

1636 John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians

1634 U.S. colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony

1633 Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1631 John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts

1629 England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony

1628 Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen

1623 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings

1620 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws)



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